This was posted to Facebook by friends of mine I didn't realize were such f____ing idiots.

The usual "vaccinations have increased and so have autism rates, so they're related" gets trotted out, plus a couple of new ones like the claim that babies are getting up to 70 shots now - I don't even buy that they're getting ten shots in one day - and also that "they're not letting babies leave the hospital without getting vaccinated for Hep B [which you can only get from sex or blood transfusion]."

The comment stream (the video was first posted by "The Free Thought Project" and has thousands of comments) say that vaccines are a billion dollar industry and "don't care about your health," evidently not getting that they're a billion dollar industry because THEY FILL A VITAL NEED IN A FREE MARKET SOCIETY. Toothpaste is a billion dollar industry, therefore we should stop brushing our teeth.

How. How. How. HOW. HOW. HOW. HOW. HOW do idjits manage to keep believing a connection between vaccines and autism when Wakefield LOST HIS LICENSE for telling those outright lies?

Aaaargh.

Edit - these Fb friends are dyed-in-the-wool Texas conservatives, who, in inveighing against the "vaccine industry" haven't said much about Rick Perry signing a law making HPV vaccines mandatory for all girls born in his state, filling the coffers of one of his campaign's largest donors. Ho hum...